Capo Colonnan, Praline rhodoliths (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (39.0° N, 17.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 17.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; cherty/siliceous packstone

• tabular bed of skeletal packstone (up to ~1.6 m thick) preserved in the central sector of the terrace (Nalin andMassari, 2009) anddirectly underlying the C structures. Rhodoliths are relatively rare and preferentially distributed in the lower and central portion of the bed.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: Review of previously published collections. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

Primary reference: V. A. Bracchi, R. Nalin, and D. Basso. 2014. Paleoecology and dynamics of coralline dominated facies during a Pleistocene transgressive–regressive cycle (Capo Colonna marine terrace, Southern Italy). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 414:296-309 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 166072: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 03.02.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for fish. NOMENCLATURE: Not a authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnion sp., Mesophyllum sp., Titanoderma pustulatum
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Titanoderma pustulatum Lamouroux 1816